Chocolaty Melting Snowmen1/2 C shortening 1/2 C peanut butter 1/2 C granulated sugar 1/2 C packed brown sugar 1 t baking powder 1/4 t salt 1/8 t baking soda 1 egg 3 T milk 1/2 t vanilla 1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder 1-1/2 C all-purpose flour 16 oz. vanilla-flavor candy coating 10 chocolate-covered peanut butter miniature cups, unwrapped and cut in half Orange nonpareils Mini chocolate chips |
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4. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Remove candy plate from pan, gently peeling away foil. *This is super easy to make and looks great as a cookie plate. Kids will enjoy eating the plate afterwards! Christmas Fact:
No one knows for sure why peppermint is associated with Christmas. It is believed that in 1670, a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral handed out a candy shaped like a shepherd's staff to children at their living Nativity to keep them occupied. When the peppermint flavor was introduced 200 years later, candy canes became popular to hang on Christmas trees in the United States. Afterwards, other mint-flavored candies were introduced, and now mint is one of the flavors of Christmas.
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I remember the excitement of visiting the public library as a child. The magic and suspense of reading favorites like The Velvet Room and The Secret Garden tugged at my imagination. Biographies of George Washington Carver and Betsy Ross allowed me to see the lives of those who came before me and to appreciate their accomplishments. Poetry collections like my favorite The Tall Book of Poems, which I took with me on sleepovers, introduced me to a range of poetry where I could consider how the placement and rhythm of words affected your mood – sometimes bouncy, other times melancholy. Plus, I really loved the way that book felt in my small hands. My goal in writing children’s books, I think, is an attempt to recreate those feelings, those early years of reading books where everything seemed possible.
I received an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and won the Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award from SCBWI. I worked as a Children's Librarian for 20 years and still prefer to read books written for young people. I have two Cavapoo dogs named Prince Albert and Daisy Wu, and a black kitten named Mortimer. I am married and split time between homes with my husband Rod in Dayton, OH and in Cadiz, KY where we enjoy our pontoon boat on Lake Barkley.
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